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List of Deep Sky Objects List of Deep Sky Objects www.ngc891.com Seen? ID Type Con Mag RA Dec Tirion Size Name C1 (NGC188) Cep 8.1 00h 44' 85° 20' 1 14' C2 (NGC40) Cep 11 00h 12' 72° 32' 1 0.6' Bowtie Nebula/Scarab Nebula C3 (NGC4236) Dra 9.7 12h 16' 69° 27' 2 10.9' x 3.6' C4 (NGC7023) Cep 7 21h 00' 68° 09' 3 18' C5 (IC342) Cam 9 03h 46' 68° 06' 1 17.8' C6 (NGC6543) Dra 9 17h 58' 66° 37' 3 5.8' Cat's Eye Nebula C7 (NGC2403) Cam 8.4 07h 36' 65° 36' 1 10.9' x 6.2' C8 (NGC559) Cas 9.5 01h 29' 63° 17' 1 4' Ghost's Goblet C9 (Sh2-155) Cep - 22h 56' 62° 37' 3 50' x 10' Cave Nebula C10 (NGC663) Cas 7.1 01h 45' 61° 14' 1 16' Horseshoe Cluster C11 (NGC7635) Cas - 23h 20' 61° 11' 3 15' Bubble nebula C12 (NGC6946) Cep 8.9 20h 34' 60° 09' 3 11' C13 (NGC457) Cas 6.4 01h 19' 58° 20' 1 13' E.T. Cluster C14 (NGC869) Per 4 02h 18' 57° 09' 1 30' Double Cluster, H Persei C15 (NGC6826) Cyg 10 19h 44' 50° 30' 3 2.3' Blinking Planetary C16 (NGC7243) Lac 6.4 22h 15' 49° 53' 9 21' C17 (NGC147) Cas 9.3 00h 33' 48° 29' 4 6.6' x 3.9' C18 (NGC185) Cas 9.2 00h 39' 48° 20' 4 5.9' x 5' C19 (IC5146) Cyg 7.2 21h 53' 47° 16' 9 12' Cocoon Nebula C20 (NGC7000) Cyg - 20h 58' 44° 19' 9 120' North America Nebula C21 (NGC4449) CVn 9.4 12h 28' 44° 05' 7 3.1' x 2.2' Box Galaxy C22 (NGC7662) And 9 23h 25' 42° 33' 9 2.2' Blue Snowball/Little Blue Snowball C23 (NGC891) And 10 02h 22' 42° 21' 4 6.7' x 1.3' Outer Limits Galaxy C24 (NGC1275) Per 11.6 03h 19' 41° 30' 4 1.1' x 0.8' Perseus A Galaxy C25 (NGC2419) Lyn 10.4 07h 38' 38° 52' 5 4.1' Intergalactic Tramp C26 (NGC4244) CVn 10.2 12h 17' 37° 49' 7 8.3' x 0.9' Silver Needle Galaxy C27 (NGC6888) Cyg - 20h 12' 38° 20' 9 20' Crescent Nebula C28 (NGC752) And 5.7 01h 57' 37° 41' 4 50' C29 (NGC5005) CVn 9.8 13h 10' 37° 02' 7 2.9' x 1.4' C30 (NGC7331) Peg 9.5 22h 37' 34° 24' 9 5.2' x 1.9' C31 (IC405) Aur - 05h 16' 34° 16' 5 30' Flaming Star Nebula C32 (NGC4631) CVn 9.3 12h 42' 32° 31' 7 7.7' x 1.4' C33 (NGC6992) Cyg - 20h 56' 31° 42' 9 60' The Waterfall/Cygnus Loop/Lace Work/Filamentary Nebula/Veil Nebula (east) C34 (NGC6960) Cyg - 20h 45' 30° 43' 9 70' Witch's Broom/Filamentary Nebula/Cirrus Nebula/Lace Work Nebula/Veil Nebula (west) C35 (NGC4889) Com 11.4 13h 00' 27° 57' 7 1.4' x 0.9' C36 (NGC4559) Com 9.9 12h 35' 27° 57' 7 5.4' x 2.2' C37 (NGC6885) Vul 6 20h 12' 26° 28' 9 7' C38 (NGC4565) Com 9.6 12h 36' 25° 58' 7 7.9' x 1.1' Needle Galaxy C39 (NGC2392) Gem 10 07h 29' 20° 54' 5 0.7' Eskimo Nebula/Clown Face Nebula C40 (NGC3626) Leo 10.9 11h 20' 18° 21' 13 1.4' x 1' C41 (Mel25) Tau 0.5 04h 27' 15° 59' 11 330' Hyades C42 (NGC7006) Del 10.6 21h 01' 16° 10' 16 2.8' C43 (NGC7814) Peg 10.5 00h 03' 16° 08' 17 2.8' x 1.1' Electric Arc C44 (NGC7479) Peg 11 23h 04' 12° 19' 17 2' x 1.6' C45 (NGC5248) Boo 10.2 13h 37' 08° 52' 14 3.1' x 2.2' C46 (NGC2261) Mon - 06h 39' 08° 44' 12 2' Hubble's Variable Nebula C47 (NGC6934) Del 8.9 20h 34' 07° 23' 16 5.9' C48 (NGC2775) Cnc 10.3 09h 10' 07° 01' 12 2.1' x 1.7' C49 (NGC2237) Mon - 06h 30' 05° 03' 12 - Rosette Nebula C50 (NGC2244) Mon 4.8 06h 32' 04° 52' 12 24' Rosette Nebula C51 (IC1613) Cet 9.3 01h 04' 02° 06' 10 8.1' x 7.2' The Scarecrow C52 (NGC4697) Vir 9.3 12h 48' -05° 48' 14 3.6' x 2.3' C53 (NGC3115) Sex 9.2 10h 05' -07° 42' 13 3.6' x 1.2' Spindle Galaxy C54 (NGC2506) Mon 7.6 08h 00' -10° 46' 12 7' C55 (NGC7009) Aqr 8 21h 04' -11° 22' 16 1.7' Saturn Nebula C56 (NGC246) Cet 8 00h 47' -11° 52' 10 3.8' Cetus Bubble/Skull Nebula/Pac-Man Nebula C57 (NGC6822) Sgr 9 19h 44' -14° 48' 16 10.2' Barnard's Galaxy C58 (NGC2360) CMa 7.2 07h 17' -15° 36' 12 13' C59 (NGC3242) Hya 9 10h 24' -18° 37' 13 20.8' CBS Eye/Diamond Nebula/Ghost of Jupiter C60 (NGC4038) Crv 10.7 12h 01' -18° 52' 13 2.6' x 1.6' Antennae or Ring-Tail galaxy C61 (NGC4039) Crv 13 12h 01' -18° 53' 13 1.6' x 0.8' Antennae or Ring-Tail galaxy C62 (NGC247) Cet 8.9 00h 47' -20° 46' 18 10.7' x 3.5' Milkweed Seed Galaxy C63 (NGC7293) Aqr - 22h 29' -20° 48' 23 12.8' Helix Nebula/Sunflower Nebula/Helical Nebula C64 (NGC2362) CMa 4.1 07h 18' -24° 57' 19 8' Tau CMa Cluster C65 (NGC253) Scl 7.1 00h 47' -25° 17' 18 13.8' x 3.4' Sculptor Galaxy/Silver Coin Galaxy C66 (NGC5694) Hya 10.2 14h 39' -26° 31' 21 3.6' C67 (NGC1097) For 9.3 02h 46' -30° 16' 18 0.4' x 0.2' C68 (NGC6729) CrA - 19h 01' -36° 57' 22 1' R CrA Nebula C69 (NGC6302) Sco 13 17h 13' -37° 06' 22 0.8' Bug Nebula C70 (NGC300) Scl 9 00h 54' -37° 41' 18 10.9' x 7.7' Southern Pinwheel C71 (NGC2477) Pup 5.8 07h 52' -38° 32' 19 27' C72 (NGC55) Scl 8 00h 14' -39° 11' 18 16.2' x 2.8' C73 (NGC1851) Col 7.3 05h 14' -40° 02' 19 11' C74 (NGC3132) Vel 8 10h 07' -40° 25' 20 0.8' Eight Burst Nebula/Southern Ring Nebula C75 (NGC6124) Sco 5.8 16h 25' -40° 40' 22 29' Generated on Sunday 20th February 2011, 9:58 am Page 1 of 2 List of Deep Sky Objects www.ngc891.com Seen? ID Type Con Mag RA Dec Tirion Size Name C76 (NGC6231) Sco 2.6 16h 54' -41° 48' 22 15' Table of scorpius/False Comet Cluster C77 (NGC5128) Cen 7 13h 25' -43° 00' 21 12.9' x 10' Centaurus A C78 (NGC6541) CrA 6.6 18h 08' -43° 42' 22 13.1' C79 (NGC3201) Vel 6.8 10h 17' -46° 24' 20 18.2' C80 (NGC5139) Cen 3.7 13h 26' -47° 28' 21 36.3' Omega Centauri C81 (NGC6352) Ara 8.2 17h 25' -48° 24' 22 7.1' C82 (NGC6193) Ara 5.2 16h 41' -48° 46' 22 15' C83 (NGC4945) Cen 9 13h 05' -49° 28' 21 1.3' x 0.7' Tweezers Galaxy C84 (NGC5286) Cen 7.6 13h 46' -51° 22' 25 9.1' C85 (IC2391) Vel 2.5 08h 40' -53° 04' 25 50' Omicron Vel Cluster C86 (NGC6397) Ara 5.7 17h 40' -53° 39' 26 25.7' C87 (NGC1261) Hor 8.4 03h 12' -55° 12' 24 6.9' C88 (NGC5823) Cir 7.9 15h 05' -55° 35' 25 10' C89 (NGC6087) Nor 5.4 16h 18' -57° 54' 26 12' S Normae Cluster C90 (NGC2867) Car 10 09h 21' -58° 19' 25 0.2' C91 (NGC3532) Car 3 11h 06' -58° 40' 25 55' Pincushion Cluster C92 (NGC3372) Car - 10h 43' -59° 51' 25 120' Eta Carinae Nebula/Keyhole nebula C93 (NGC6752) Pav 5.4 19h 10' -59° 59' 26 20.4' Starfish Cluster C94 (NGC4755) Cru 4.2 12h 53' -60° 20' 25 10' Jewel Box/Kappa Cru Cluster C95 (NGC6025) TrA 5.1 16h 03' -60° 29' 26 12' C96 (NGC2516) Car 3.8 07h 58' -60° 51' 24 30' Southern Beehive C97 (NGC3766) Cen 5.3 11h 36' -61° 36' 25 12' C98 (NGC4609) Cru 6.9 12h 42' -62° 58' 25 5' C99 (C99) Cru - 12h 53' -63° 00' 25 400' x 300' Coal Sack C100 (IC2944) Cen 4.5 11h 36' -63° 02' 25 75' Lambda Cen Nebula, Running Chicken Nebula C101 (NGC6744) Pav 9 19h 09' -63° 50' 26 0.9' x 0.4' C102 (IC2602) Car 1.9 10h 43' -64° 23' 25 50' Southern Pleiades/Theta Car Cluster C103 (NGC2070) Dor 8.2 05h 38' -69° 04' 24 40' Tarantula Nebula C104 (NGC362) Tuc 6.6 01h 03' -70° 51' 24 12.9' C105 (NGC4833) Mus 7.4 12h 59' -70° 53' 25 13.5' Southern Butterfly C106 (NGC104) Tuc 4 00h 24' -72° 04' 24 30.9' 47 Tucanae C107 (NGC6101) Aps 9.3 16h 25' -72° 12' 26 10.7' C108 (NGC4372) Mus 7.8 12h 25' -72° 39' 25 18.6' C109 (NGC3195) Cha - 10h 09' -80° 52' 25 0.6' Generated on Sunday 20th February 2011, 9:58 am Page 2 of 2.
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